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 PUBLIC LAW 106-554 —APPENDIX E 114 STAT. 2763A-373 or more securities with equal weighting that could be included in the calculation of the lowest weighted component securities comprising, in the aggregate, 25 percent of the index's weighting, such securities shall be ranked from lowest to highest dollar value of average daily trading volume and shall be included in the calculation based on their ranking starting with the lowest ranked security. "(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), an index is not a narrow-based security index if— "(i)(I) it has at least 9 component securities; "(II) no component security comprises more than 30 percent of the index's weighting; and "(III) each component security is— "(aa) registered pursuant to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; "(bb) one of 750 securities with the largest market capitalization; and "(cc) one of 675 securities with the largest dollar value of average daily trading volume; "(ii) a board of trade was designated as a contract market by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with respect to a contract of sale for future delivery on the index, before the date of the enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000; "(iii)(I) a contract of sale for future delivery on the index traded on a designated contract market or registered derivatives transaction execution facility for at least 30 days as a contract of sale for future delivery on an index that was not a narrow-based security index; and "(II) it has been a narrow-based security index for no more than 45 business days over 3 consecutive calendar months; "(iv) a contract of sale for future delivery on the index is traded on or subject to the rules of a foreign board of trade and meets such requirements as are jointly established by rule or regulation by the Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission; "(v) no more than 18 months have passed since the date of the enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and— "(I) it is traded on or subject to the rules of a foreign board of trade; "(II) the offer and sale in the United States of a contract of sale for future delivery on the index was authorized before the date of the enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000; and "(III) the conditions of such authorization continue to be met; or "(vi) a contract of sale for future delivery on the index is traded on or subject to the rules of a board of trade and meets such requirements as are jointly established by rule, regulation, or order by the Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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